Things I Need You to Know

Birdie McBride has it all: a fulfilling job, five healthy daughters and a doting husband, Ned. But then Ned dies. He leaves behind a document for Birdie—‘Things I Need You To Know’—a guide to everything from household maintenance to each daughter’s emotional landscape. It’s his last act of fatherly devotion. Reading Ned’s manual, Birdie falls in love with her husband in a way she never did when he was alive. Yet the presence of his best friend, Marcello, complicates things. As Marcello steps into Ned ́s shoes, Birdie starts to wonder: how much trust can you put in instinct? Will her past come back to torment her? Can the legacy of ‘Things I Need You To Know’ save her family from catastrophe? You dont know what youve got till its gone Birdie McBride seems to have it a fulfilling and lucrative job, five healthy daughters and a doting husband, Ned, at home keeping the family machine running smoothly. But then Ned dies. He leaves behind a document for BirdieThings I Need You to Knowfull of guidance on everything from household maintenance to the intimate details of each daughters emotional landscape. Composed in his dying days, its his last act of fatherly devotion. Reading Neds manual, Birdie falls for her husband in a way she never did when he was alive. Yet the presence of his best friend, Marcello, complicates things. As well as having been Neds doctor, Marcello is Birdies ex-loverthough not as ex as most people would think. And his feelings for Birdie are as strong as ever. When more calamities rock her family, Birdie starts to how much trust can you put in feelings? And in old friends? Can the legacy of Things I Need You to Know save her family from the catastrophic end barrelling towards them? Mark Lamprell is a writer of novels and childrens books published in sixteen countries and twelve languages. He also works internationally as a writer and director in film, with movie credits including Pig in the City, My Mother Frank, Goddess, A Few Less Men and Never Too Late. A brilliantly observed novel about families and secrets, from acclaimed writer and film director Mark Lamprell